Virginia Henderson

The Nature

of Nursing

1897-1996

Nursing

“What it is and What it is not”

NURSING

“Of the head and

of the hands and

of the heart”

NURSING

“To assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of

those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to

peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary

strength, will or knowledge"

Virginia Avenel Henderson

First full-time nursing instructor in Virginia

Recipient of the Virginia Historical Nurse

Leader Award

Member of the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame

Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

Authored the most widely used definitions of nursing

Proposed plan to create districts within the Graduate Nurses Association of

Virginia (now Virginia Nurses Association

An American nurse

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